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Strawberry Season

Wednesday, May 9th, 2012

There is something so incredible about Louisiana strawberries that I can’t get enough of them. A few days ago, I made some iced green tea, and after convincing myself that it didn’t look like a jar out of Howard Hughe’s home collection, I realized it wasn’t as satisfying as I wanted it to be. It [...]

Pina Colada Pops

Thursday, April 26th, 2012

Last week, I tried my hand at making homemade Popsicles! I ordered a set of molds off of Amazon and set to work. In a blender, I mixed up a banana, a can of cream of coconut, and a can of crushed pineapple in its juice. I had a TON of mix left over after [...]

DIY Citrus Salt Scrub

Saturday, April 14th, 2012

I’ve been dying to go get a hard-core peel off a layer of skin exfoliating scrub the last few months, but just haven’t had had the time or the extra money to spend a day at a spa. Instead, I made some coarse sea salt scrub at home, and it worked just as well – [...]

Because My Ancestors Did It

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

The last two years have had some significant changes to my diet and lifestyle. I quit smoking in August of 2010, and started eating meat for first time in twenty years in December of that year. For the first time in over a decade, I could actually smell and taste my food without the cigarette [...]

The New Great Pacific

Sunday, January 29th, 2012

For a million and one reasons, The Mister and I packed up all of our belongings, bid farewell to New York City, and moved into this shotgun house in the most magical and amazing city in the world, New Orleans. Our last home was decorated in what we liked to think of as a “Martha [...]